Cesare Brandi
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Cesare Brandi was an art critic and historian, specialist in conservation-restoration theory.
In 1939 he became the first director of the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (Central Institute for Restoration, now the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro
) in Rome
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His main books on art interpretation are Le due vie (1966, Bari), and Theoria generale della critica (1974). Le due vie was presented and debated in Rome by Roland Barthes
, Giulio Carlo Argan
and Emilio Garroni. The philosopher he felt mostly closer to was Heidegger, although their positions didn't coincide; for this, he felt also closer to Derrida, their common Heidergarian base. He said that Derrida's enounciations couldn't be neglected, particularly his theorization of Différance
.
In 1963, his important essay Teoria del Restauro (Restoration Theory) was published.
In 1939 he became the first director of the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (Central Institute for Restoration, now the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro
Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro
The Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro - ISCR is a body of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities in Rome...
) in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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His main books on art interpretation are Le due vie (1966, Bari), and Theoria generale della critica (1974). Le due vie was presented and debated in Rome by Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes
Roland Gérard Barthes was a French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. Barthes' ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, existentialism, social theory, Marxism, anthropology and...
, Giulio Carlo Argan
Giulio Carlo Argan
Giulio Carlo Argan was an Italian art historian and politician.-Biography:Argan was born in Turin and studied in the University of Turin, graduating in 1931. In 1928 he entered the National Fascist Party...
and Emilio Garroni. The philosopher he felt mostly closer to was Heidegger, although their positions didn't coincide; for this, he felt also closer to Derrida, their common Heidergarian base. He said that Derrida's enounciations couldn't be neglected, particularly his theorization of Différance
Différance
Différance - French term coined by Jacques Derrida and homophonous with the word "différence". Différance plays on the fact that the French word différer means both "to defer" and "to differ." Derrida first uses the term différance in his 1963 paper "Cogito et histoire de la folie"...
.
In 1963, his important essay Teoria del Restauro (Restoration Theory) was published.
External links
- ‘Cesare Brandi’, dictionaryofarthistorians.org